Content: Typed on mount: "Right: long coat, plumed felt hat, brass shoulder scales of Civil War full dress uniform. Sword peculiar to non-commissioned officers. Left: modified form with 'frogging' of a musician and 'bummer's cap' common to Northern army. Detail: Brass shoulder 'scale' and hat decoration for full dress wear during Civil War."

Content: Written on mount: "Instrument is an 'ophicleide', a sort of huge, keyed, brass bugle popular in the early and mid-1800's."

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Item timeline of events

1900: Creator Born

1941: Issued

1973: Creator Died

2014: Digitized

2016: Found by you!

2017

MLA Format

Art and Picture Collection,
The New York Public Library. "Corps d'Afrique, 1864."
The New York Public Library Digital Collections.
1941.
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-f421-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Art and Picture Collection,
The New York Public Library. "Corps d'Afrique, 1864."
New York Public Library Digital Collections.
Accessed December 9, 2016.
http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-f421-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Art and Picture Collection,
The New York Public Library.
(1941).
Corps d'Afrique, 1864.
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